Make Sure Your Car is Really Ready to Rock Is the fluid in the master cylinder reservoir clear and amber? Or does it resemble something sliding off a hill after a rainstorm? When was the last time the oil was changed? Are your tires in good condition, or do you need a dusty manuscript to […] More »

Moderation is the Key to Mods A hot cam, the stickiest R-compound tires and the latest trick suspension pieces aren’t going to do anything for a track neophyte. And since classes are mostly defined by the level of track prep, you might just wind up modding yourself out of your class.      Plus, there’s […] More »

Chop Cut Rebuild works on concurrent builds over the course of 13 episodes. In its seventh season in 2010, the CCR team worked on two start-to-finish build-ups. One was a 1969 Dodge Hemi Charger; the other was a Corvette Grand Sport tribute built on a contemporary C6 chassis. The build was planned in late 2009 […] More »

Next, the CCR team visited the Edelbrock facility in Torrance, California, to detail the fabrication of the E-Force supercharger that would add 200 horsepower to GS. For the next episode, they returned the following week to CSOC with the hardware to document the installation of the E-Force supercharger on the second C6. This was followed […] More »

Starting on the morning of March 18, 2010, Laurent attacked the C6 ?Vette like a man on a mission. Front bumper, rear bumper, rear fenders ? all removed. The rear window, gone. The interior was stripped down to its barest essentials. With the first segments in the can, it would be a month before the […] More »

Equipment you will need: Car jack Jack stands Torque wrench C-clamp Mechanical wire Brake cleaner 2 Inboard brake pads 2 Outboard brake pads 15 and 18mm wrenches Front 1) Check the level of the brake fluid in the master cylinder reservoir. The fluid should be between the minimum and maximum marks. If it is above […] More »

Equipment and Materials Required 2 ramps2 jack standsa low-profile floor jack 2 lift padsoil filter wrench (also called a strap wrench) 15mm box wrench2 wood blocks (or bricks)a wooden 2 x 4an oil drain pana ragsome newspaperoil filter6.5 quarts 5W 30 oil Change your C6 Corvette’s oil when the DIC shows between 25% and 0% […] More »